What did prehistoric life look like in Australia? The skeletons of ancient creatures buried for millions of years are shedding light on marsupial evolution.
Paleontology & Fossils
Sep 17, 2021
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European colonists mistakenly labeled quolls as "native cats" when in fact they are among Australia's last living carnivorous marsupials.
Ecology
Sep 10, 2021
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Tasmanian devil populations have been devastated over the past 25 years due to devil facial tumor disease, an infectious cancer. But the Tasmanian government does not support relocating uninfected wild devil populations to ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2021
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University of Idaho researchers partnered with other scientists from the United States and Australia to study the evolution of Tasmanian devils in response to a unique transmissible cancer.
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2021
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Tasmanian devils have been born in the wild on Australia's mainland 3,000 years after the marsupials disappeared from the continent, conservation groups said Tuesday, raising hopes that a major rewilding effort could succeed.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2021
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In the critical battle against extinction, conservationists use a variety of tactics to try to save species.
Plants & Animals
May 20, 2021
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs could help delay the spread of the deadly Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) and may help protect the endangered Australian marsupials from extinction, newly published research by QIMR ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 8, 2021
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Amid the global COVID-19 crisis, there is some good news about a wildlife pandemic—which may also help scientists better understand how other emerging diseases evolve.
Plants & Animals
Dec 10, 2020
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A team of researchers from Australia and the U.S. has found that a form of facial cancer in Tasmanian devils drives them to become antisocial. In their paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the ...
A transmissible cancer in the Tasmanian devil has evolved over the past two decades, with some lineages spreading and replacing others, according to a new study in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Young Mi Kwon, Kevin ...
Evolution
Nov 24, 2020
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